SICB Symposium: Taking Physiology to the Field: Advances in Investigating Physiological Function in Free-Living Vertebrates, to be held January 3-7, 2001, Chicago, IL

在过去的几十年里，比较生理学家和生态生理学家已经成功地描述了许多奇妙的方式，说明来自不同栖息地的生物体是如何专门为那些栖息地的生活而存在的。然而，绝大多数这些研究都是在实验室中进行的，在实验室中，动物及其环境是在控制和操纵之下的。比较生理学和生态生理学目前发展的一个重要方向是探索自然条件下的生理功能和生态环境。为了实现这一目标，pi组织了一个小组，他们正在推动测量和解释自由生活动物生理功能的能力。这些演讲者将专注于脊椎动物，并将从几个方向探讨这个话题。首先，他们将解决各种生理系统；演讲将集中在能量、身体状况、温度调节、消化和代谢、渗透调节、生殖、压力等方面。其次，他们将探索各种方法方法；演讲将集中在内分泌学、遥测、稳定同位素、表型工程、免疫测试、组织和体液成分评估等方面。第三，他们将讨论各种脊椎动物类型；作者将讨论候鸟、海洋哺乳动物、食蜜动物和其他动物。本次研讨会将与综合与比较生物学学会年会（芝加哥，伊利诺斯州，2001年1月）同时举行。总之，预计这些报告将概述自然条件下生理系统研究的概念和方法进展，以期回答生态重要性的问题。在这个过程中，他们将继续提高我们对动物如何在各种压力环境下生存的认识。此外，它们将有助于提供对生态学问题的见解，例如是什么限制了动物在地球上的分布，以及这可能如何受到环境变化模式的影响。

Over the past decades, comparative and ecological physiologists have succeeded in describing numerous marvelous ways in which organisms from a variety of habitats are specialized for life in those habitats. However, the great majority of these investigations have been performed in the laboratory, where animals and their environments are under control and manipulable. An important direction in which comparative and ecological physiology is now proceeding is to explore physiological function under natural conditions and with ecological context in mind. Toward that end, the PIs have assembled a panel of speakers who are pushing forward the ability to measure and interpret physiological function of free-living animals. These speakers will focus on vertebrate animals and will approach this topic from several directions. First, they will address a variety of physiological systems; presentations will focus on energy, body condition, temperature regulation, digestion and metabolism, osmoregulation, reproduction, stress, and others. Second, they will explore a variety of methodological approaches; presentations will focus on endocrinology, telemetry, stable isotopes, phenotypic engineering, immune testing, evaluation of tissue and body fluid composition, and more. Third, they will discuss a variety of vertebrate types; authors will speak on migratory birds, marine mammals, nectarivores, and others. This symposium will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Chicago, IL, January 2001).Together, it is anticipated that these presentations will provide an overview of conceptual and methodological advances in the investigation of physiological systems under natural conditions with a view to answering questions of ecological importance. In the process, they will continue to enhance our appreciation of how animals survive under varied and stressful circumstances. Moreover, they will help to provide insights into ecological questions such as what limits the distributions of animals on Earth, and how this might be affected by patterns of environmental change.